Structure and Evolution of Nearby Stars with Planets. I. Short-Period Systems

Details Structure and Evolution of Nearby Stars with Planets. I. Short-Period Systems Structure and Evolution of Nearby Stars with Planets. I. Short-Period Systems

1998-07-08

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9807085v4

Astrophys.J.514:411-429,1999

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

48 pages including 13 tables and 5 figures, to appear in ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/306935

Using the Yale stellar evolution code, we have calculated theoretical models for nearby stars with planetary-mass companions in short-period nearly circular orbits: 51 Pegasi, Tau Bootis, Upsilon Andromedae, Rho Cancri, and Rho Coronae Borealis. We present tables listing key stellar parameters such as mass, radius, age, and size of the convective envelope as a function of the observable parameters (luminosity, effective temperature, and metallicity), as well as the unknown helium fraction. For each star we construct best models based on recently published spectroscopic data and the present understanding of galactic chemical evolution. We discuss our results in the context of planet formation theory, and, in particular, tidal dissipation effects and stellar metallicity enhancements.

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